SAINTFOIN ( Onobrychis sativa) 
(holy clover) 
Prayer. 
Pray one for another, that ye may 
be healed. The effectual fervent 
prayer of a righteous man availeth 
much. James v. 16. 
ST. JOHN’S WORT 
(Hypericum perforatum ) 
Loving and beloved. 
If we love one another, God 
dwelleth in us, and His love is 
perfected in us. i John iv. 12. 
SALVIA ( Salvia pratensis ) 
Energy. 
Be strong, all ye people of the 
land, saith the Lord, and work : 
for I am with you, saith the Lord of 
hosts. Haggai ii. 4. 
SCABIOUS (Scabiosa arvensis) 
Forsake me not. 
The Lord is with you, while ye 
be with Him ; and if ye seek Him, 
He will be found of you ; but if ye 
forsake Him, He will forsake you. 
SWEET 2 Chronicles xv - 2 - 
SCABIOUS ( Scabiosa atropurpurea) 
All is lost. 
What shall it profit a man, if he 
shall gain the whole world, and lose 
his own soul ? St. Mark viii. 36. 
SENSITIVE PLANT 
(Mimosa pudica) 
Sensitiveness. 
We have not an high priest which 
cannot be touched with the feeling 
of our infirmities; but was in all 
points tempted like as we are, yet 
without sin. Hebrews iv. 15. 
S H A M R O C Is. ( Trifoliiim re pens) 
Lighthearted. 
A merry heart doeth good like a 
medicine. Proverbs xvii. 22. 
SHEPHERD’S PURSE 
(Capsella Bursa pastoris) 
All mine is thine. 
Verily I say unto you, That this 
poor widow hath cast more in, than 
all they which have cast into the 
treasury : for all they did cast in of 
their abundance; but she of her want 
did cast in all that she had, even all 
her living. St. Mark xii. 43, 44. 
SILVER WEED 
(Potentilla anserina) 
Be friends. 
Thine own friend, and thy father’s 
friend, forsake not. 
Proverbs xxvii. 10. 
Be reconciled to thy brother. 
St. Matthew v. 24. 
SLOE see Black Thorn 
SNAPDRAGON 
(Antirrhinum me jus) 
Dissension. 
But if ye bite and devour one 
another, take heed that ye be not 
consumed one of another. 
Galatians v. 15. 
SNOW-BALL see Guelder Rose 
SNOWDROP (Galanthus nivalis) 
Hope; A pure heart. 
And every man that hath this 
hope in him purifieth himself, even 
as He is pure. 1 John iii. 3. 
Blessed are the pure in heart: for 
they shall see God. St. Matthew v. 8. 
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